Product Details

• Actors: Joy Boushel, Leslie Carlson, George Chuvalo, Michael Copeman, Geena Davis
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Run Time: 200 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305951454
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,696 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Fly /The Fly 2" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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The Fly
David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of the science fiction classic about a scientist who accidentally swaps body parts with a fly is both smart and terrifying: an allegory for the awful processes of slow death and a monster movie with a tragic spin. Jeff Goldblum gives a masterful performance as a sweet, nerdy scientist whose romance with a writer (Geena Davis) makes him more fully alive. Next thing you know, a tiny oversight in an experiment causes him to transmogrify, gradually, into something more like an insect than a human. This is Cronenberg (Scanners, Videodrome) country, so expect The Fly to be a gross-out, but in the way that disease corrupts the body and can make a loved one unrecognizable on every level. This is one of Cronenberg's best films, and certainly one of the important movies of the 1980s. --Tom Keogh

The Fly II
Chris Walas, the effects whiz who turned Jeff Goldblum into the gooey, grotesque Brundle-Fly in David Cronenberg's The Fly, makes his directorial debut in this equally icky sequel. Eric Stoltz is Brundle's genetically diseased offspring, a boy genius brought up in an experimental laboratory by a nefarious foster father eager to see what his inevitable metamorphosis will bring. No surprise here: like father, like son. Daphne Zuniga is his sweet young girlfriend, and John Getz reprises his role from the first film as a bitter alcoholic with a very bad fake beard. This cut- rate "Son of the Fly" knockoff pales next to Cronenberg's classic, degenerating into a gory revenge flick. Walas strains under a limited budget, and many of the more elaborate creatures (a monstrously mutated dog, the skeletal fly monster leaping about the warehouse-like lab) are rather shabby. The makeup is suitably gooey, slathered in ooze and pus, and the mayhem-filled finale is a nasty but impressive over-the-top frenzy of blood and gore climaxing in the nastiest piece of poetic justice since Freaks. The opening birth scene (with a look-alike subbing for mom Geena Davis) is an homage to Larry Cohen's It's Alive. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Fly/ The Fly 2, March 16, 2001

By A Customer

"The Fly" is one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time. Both Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis give excellent preformances, and the film has wonderful direction by David Cronenberg. Being a fan of the orginal fly series ("The Fly" and "The Return Of The Fly"), I was extremely happy to see the remakes. Overall, "The Fly" is a masterpiece that deserves a better treatment than just trailers. It has a great plotline that amazes me after watching this movie many times. You can see why it was given an oscar for make-up. Chris Walas does an amazing job. Very suspenseful and effective. 5 stars.

"The Fly II", although an OK film, does not at all live up to it's predicessor. It has a plotline that barely passes. This is an unnessicary sequel if I have ever seen one. Most of the beginning is dull, although it does have it's moments. Few. As it winds down to the end, it becomes very, very gory. The first Fly remake was gross when Stathis' hand melted off, but this is disgusting. Mostly whan the guy's head blows apart, and whan the guy's head is spat on, resulting in one of the most gory sequences ever shot. Beware. It becomes dependent on the gore. The first film maintained suspense. Even with the gore, "The Fly II" is an OK film in my opinion. Although it lookes like director Chris Walas did all he could with it, I give it 2 stars.

The combination of both films is genus, since I usually go out and buy a film and end up wanting to buy the sequel. I like to complete my colection of a series. The DVD is superior to the VHS in picture as well as sound. Buy it today. This combination on DVD gives a new meaning to the phrase "Be afraid. Be very afraid."

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dive deep into the Plasma Pool, September 13, 2000

By	Abe J. Flores "htuttle" (Culver City, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Since 1986 something has been missing. Every version of this film I have ever seen has had what can only be described as a weak presentation, muted picture and lackluster sound. Since David Cronenberg shoots in 1:1.88 a widescreen version has always been wantedf but not strictly necessary. Fox finally did right by this film. When it came out in the mid 80s this film earned the kinds of reviews that usually were reserved for works like Brazil and Blue Velvet, and now 14 years later we are finally treated to a presentation that is the equal of the subject matter, in a word beautiful. While I admit I've never been a big fan of Mark Irving's cinematography this DVD really shows it off to best effect. I'll admit I'm so happy to finally have this kind of attention given to this movie I almost gave it 5 stars, but even with a 5 star presentation The Fly does deserve more: A commentary, behind the scenes, the cut material David finished but chose to exclude (readers of Cinefex know what I mean), something more than just a preview and the sequel (yes I am considering the sequel to be just a part of the bonus material rather than a seperate presentation it helps me sleep better that way) I mean in a world where Supergirl and Nekromantik get the DVD presentations they've gotten The Fly certainly has earned more of a supplementary section than 20th Century Fox has chosen to provide.

15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fly astounding, Fly 2 is terrible, August 5, 2000

By A Customer

MAN, I hope they release The Fly separately from Fly 2. I lovedGoldblum's Fly, one of the creepiest, most intense horror movies of all time, but the sequel is just trash - why did they have to slap this junk on the same DVD as a classic? Guess I'll wait for the solo Fly, if there is one... (Rating 5 stars for THE FLY, no stars for FLY II= two stars overall)